06x09 - Tossing in the Meadows

[bunniefuu]

[BLUE] Previously on Queen Sugar.

The settlement is not
what we had hoped for.

They always give us the crumbs.

If we wanna see change,
maybe we gotta be the ones to do it.

I need some further testing done on
the remains found on my family's farm.

I could do that for you
at the university.

Vi, baby.

I need you to take care
of yourself, Aunt Vi.

Y'all taking this brotherly
love to a whole another level.

You can't let that toxic bullshit in.

I've come to care about you a lot.

I know things are uncertain right now,

and wherever we are,
that's where our home is.

["GROW" PLAYING]

♪ I just need you near me ♪

♪ with you it's easier to get by ♪

♪ like blue skies on a Sunday morning ♪

♪ I know that heaven's on our side ♪

♪ if it hurts, baby ♪

♪ let it hurt, baby ♪

♪ it won't work, no ♪

five more minutes.

Take as long as you want.

Barely slept last night.

What time we got down here?

Which I don't get, but...
That's what's it's gonna take.

This is where
we're gonna be sleeping, huh?

Something about lying flat
helps my back.

Whatever you say.

Whatever you need.

We'll see how long that mantra
lasts after your daughter's born.

It's gonna last. I got two women
to tend to in my life right now.

Hmm, we'll see.

Mmm, like that, we're gonna see.

[SIGHS]

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

["NOVA" PLAYING]

♪ Dreams never die ♪

♪ take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ dreams never die ♪

♪ take flight as the world turns ♪

♪ keep the colors in
the lines take flight ♪

♪ dreams never die ♪

♪ keep the colors in the lines ♪

♪ keep the colors in
the lines take flight ♪

["SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR ME" PLAYING]

♪ Oh, lord I wish I knew ♪

[VIOLET SNORING]

[HOLLYWOOD LAUGHING]

♪ Can't understand ♪

- look at you.
- Mmm.

Oh, baby, I love seeing you like this.

- All rested up.
- [VIOLET CHUCKLES]

taking self-care to a whole new level.

Yeah, I'm just saving my energy for
Ralph Angel and Darla's baby shower.

You know, I know everybody's dealing
with their own battles right now, but...

We still need to make time
to rejoice, right?

I know that's right.

But, look here, baby. I'MMA let
you chill out. You just holler at me,

- if you need anything, all right?
- Mmm-hmm.

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]

[LAUGHING]

What are you laughing at?

[LAUGHING] It's Gabe.

[LAUGHS] Sent me one of those funny,
little memes.

I didn't know that you and
Celine's boy was in contact like that.

Oh, baby, it's not like that.

I barely talk to the kid now.

I mean, I don't guess there's
anything wrong with it, even if it is.

I mean, I didn't expect you to...

Stop connecting with the boy.

Even though his mama
is some kind of nutty.

Lord, she a whole bag of mixed nuts.

But, hey, it ain't Gabe's fault, right?

Hi, there. Delivery for Darla Bordelon?

Right on time. Perfect, thank you.

Um, let's get
that big arrangement there.

And the two smaller ones, we'll have
over at that table. Thank you, so much.

Looks terrific. Uh, let's get some
succulents near the stairs, please.

Just to brighten it up.

- I'll take care of it.
- Thank you.

Hey, hey, hey.
Save some for our guests, will ya?

It's a baby shower.
Not the Xavier cafeteria.

I wish Xavier had mangoes this ripe.

[CHUCKLES] Had these flown in.

Darla's been addicted to
these the last couple of months.

And she's eating those canned ones,

so thought this would be a treat.

- Ah, definitely a treat.
- Mmm-hmm.

- Oh...
- Micah!

I'm sorry, last one,
last one, I promise.

- Saving the rest for Darla.
- Heh.

Can you believe we're gonna
have a little one in the family again?

I remember when you were that small.

It is amazing to me,
sometimes when I look at you now.

I can't imagine what that's like.

It's surreal and strange sometimes.

But most of the time, it's, uh, it's

perfectly natural and almost expected.

I mean...
You're everything I dreamed you'd be.

Aw, thank you, ma.

[BOTH LAUGH]

That really means a lot coming from you.

Hmm.

- You okay, baby?
- Yeah.

And, hey, I'm really proud of you.

You're on the road
with the party one day.

Throwing a party
for the family the next.

- You really are wonder woman.
- Mmm, thank you.

Oh, ah, the balloons go on
the back deck there. Thank you.

And you can put the other ones in
the corner actually. You know what?

I'm thinking that these might
be a little too big for the table.

So why don't we put these
in the back patio

and have some smaller
arrangements for the tables.

I mean, to sort of, you know,
brighten it up.

[DARLA] I can't tell you
how happy I am today.

[RALPH ANGEL] I think I
know how happy you are.

- [DARLA LAUGHS]
- I gotta second that.

I think I know how happy you both

- are.
- [DARLA LAUGHS]

and I'm gonna
triple that and add a hundred.

- Yes, indeed.
- It feels really good to be home.

It feels good to have you home.
Better than you know.

Mmm, I know you missed me.

Yeah, you know I missed you, huh?

I know, pops, trust me.

Well, don't be too sure. [LAUGHS]

Hey, watch your mama and your
baby sister. I'm gonna go get the truck.

- All right.
- Happy you're back, boy.

[INHALES] You okay, mom?

If you want to sit down,
there's a little bench over there.

I'm okay, baby.

You excited about the shower today?

Yeah, I wanna see everybody.
I miss them.

I also wanna eat
a lot of Aunt Vi's food.

Grandma's is good, but it's different.
I really miss Aunt Vi.

Aw, she misses you, too.

You didn't get to see her last time,

- but you will this time, I promise.
- All right.

Let's go check on pops and
make sure he has his keys.

Mmm, okay. [CHUCKLES]

["LOVE LIKE THIS" PLAYING]

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

♪ I need your love ♪

♪ you give me your heart ♪

♪ I need your time ♪

- [LAUGHS] hey.
- Hey.

This is a nice surprise.

- Matcha.
- Uh-huh.

- Muffin.
- Aw.

- Man.
- [LAUGHS] okay.

Perfect. [LAUGHING]

[SIGHS] so...

This morning, my friend in forensics...

I returned the first round of results

from
the bones found on your family's farm.

So the first thing that I noticed
is that the forensics reveal

a narrowing of the bone's age.

We already knew that
the bones are old enough

to free Ernest from
the suspicion of m*rder.

- Right.
- But...

The data revealed two new details.

One, that the bones are from late s.

And second... [SIGHS] that the
remains are from multiple people.

- As in...
- As in a community, Nova.

We think it's a larger graveyard.

Oh.

[SIGHS]

Oh, god. I don't...

[PROSPER] Ah, what a sight
for sore eyes you are.

Like your mother,
spitting image and just as beautiful.

Thank you, daddy. I needed that.

No, no, you already got everything
you need right here and right here

- and me by your side.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

I know that.

[SIGHS] now I've made my mistakes,
but now that I'm here,

I'm staying here.

I don't know, I...
Just hope they accept me.

'Cause a lot has happened
and a lot has been said.

Yeah, well, things that need to be said,

but you weren't wrong about any of them.

Just know that you're loved.
And not just by me.

[SIGHS] we're gonna
have a good one today, okay?

- [BILLIE] okay.
- All right, we got this.

- Oh, yeah, we got this.
- [PROSPER LAUGHS]

[BOTH LAUGHING]

[RALPH ANGEL] All right. Mmm-hmm.

What's it say, pop?

It says you getting big.

- I don't care how tall you get...
- yes!

You still my baby boy.

Next time I come, I'm gonna
be even taller than this.

Like, probably about... There!

- That tall?
- Yeah.

We gotta keep this here always.

Even when I'm as tall as you.

[GASPS] we could put the
baby's height right next to mine.

So it's always in the house.

Come on, we wanna know the ins and outs.

Tell us everything
you've learned in school.

- So much.
- [RALPH ANGEL CHUCKLES]

- My history teacher, Miss Hertson.
- [DARLA] mmm-hmm.

She took us on a field
trip to the national museum

of African American history.

And we went to...

What are those boxes for?

We can talk about that later.
After the shower, okay?

All right.

Actually, Blue, what you say we, uh...

Take us a little walk.

Want to talk to you.

Okay.

[DOOR OPENING]

[DOOR CLOSING]

I mean, the way they started,
and all they been through,

just proves that love
makes all things possible.

Well, they are a strong couple.

So she kicked her addiction

and now
he's single-handedly running the farm.

I mean, those are major turn arounds.

They are. They still have challenges,
but more triumphs.

I'm hoping that some of the
information that you uncovered

about the bones on the farm
may lead somewhere.

I can't just let that land
be handed over to the Landrys.

I'm not giving up. None of us are.

Always keep fighting. That's the motto.

Yeah, but we gotta celebrate, too.

[LAUGHS] they deserve this today

and Charley's
pulling out all the stops at her place

and it should be really lovely.

Well, you look gorgeous.

I do?

I'll happily say it again.

You look gorgeous.

Call me when you get back.

- Can you bring me a vi's pie?
- Uh, really?

Please, any slice, I'll take it.

Wanna come get some yourself?

I... Yeah. Yeah, I would.

Good. Okay.

- [HOLLYWOOD] hey.
- Hi.

[VIOLET LAUGHS]

- Wood!
- Hey, Micah.

- Come see these for me?
- Yeah, I got you.

Ah, okay, so I... I have the,
uh, clothes pins for the game.

- Perfect.
- And, I know you told me

not to bake or cook,

but, uh, I had to make my
baby boy Blue's favorite pie.

Pies, I see.

Yeah, well, you know,
he likes everything she makes,

- so she went ahead and made everything.
- [MICAH AND CHARLEY LAUGH]

he has not been here for a long time

and he should not have to choose.

You know what?
You are very right, he should not.

- Lord.
- Oh!

- [VIOLET LAUGHS]
- oh!

You can make anything upscale,
don't you?

Yeah, you really outdid
yourself this time, Charley.

Darla's gonna love this.

- Well, she deserves it. Doesn't she?
- She certainly does, yeah.

That girl has gone through a lot.

We should make this day
extra special for her.

- And Ralph Angel.
- [CHUCKLES] true.

[CHARLEY AND HOLLYWOOD LAUGH]

[HOLLYWOOD] let me see
about that champagne.

[HOLLYWOOD AND VIOLET LAUGH]

I mean, your papi used
to do this all the time.

Sometimes we talk and...

Other times, we... Barely say anything.

Pops, you can tell me.

I'm getting bigger now.

What's going on?
What are those boxes for?

Are we selling stuff?
Was the harvest bad?

Remember that one time we was at
the playground?

We had the churros?

Me, you and Kenya?

- [RALPH ANGEL] Yeah.
- I remember.

[RALPH ANGEL CHUCKLES]

- There was a basketball game.
- [RALPH ANGEL] That's right.

I remember you ran across
the street to the liquor store.

- You had told me...
- watch the game. Count the plays.

Five plays and then,
I can have a churro.

I remember I was a little scared.

Even though you were
just across the street.

Well, that's 'cause I never
should've left you.

I know that now and I'm sorry.

You know, sometimes in life...

Things will happen,
make you get desperate.

Now, desperation, that's...

Doing things out of fear.

We can't live like that, you know?

[BLUE] Yeah.

To be honest...

I hate to admit that I've been
living like that far too long.

I don't want that for you, son.
You understand me?

Okay.

When I gave you Blue's corner...
I had a vision.

Saw you dreaming, planting.
Doing whatever you wanted.

And I messed up.

'Cause I was acting desperate.

I did something to, you know, put
some money,

money in our pockets, but...

I went about it the wrong way.

I was acting desperate and
now I gotta pay the consequence.

That being said,
we may have to leave the farm.

For a little bit.

Away from our land?

Just for a little while.

But this is home.

I know.

Ralph Angel! Blue! It's time to go now.

Hey. It's gonna be okay, all right?

- Okay.
- Just take care of mama today.

- Yes, sir.
- All right?

- You got me?
- I got you.

So we stopped at the
black lives matter Plaza

and it was so cool to see in person.

And I went with my best friend Ian.

- Your best friend?
- Yeah, best friend.

Our project on Mesopotamia

won first
place in our ancient history class.

And it reminded me of our community

because we really talked about how

the specialized
skills that the workers cultivated

really built the civilization there.

- Liked to hear more of that.
- [CHARLEY LAUGHS]

Blue, you are just as wonderful

as your aunt Violet always says.

- I think she's pretty nice, too.
- [VIOLET LAUGHS]

- Oh, I missed you, so much.
- [BLUE] me, too.

[VIOLET CHUCKLES]

- Hey.
- Hey.

- I missed you so much.
- [LAUGHING] I missed you.

Micah, uh,
this is my friend and neighbor, Dominic.

What's up, man?

Dominic, this is Micah, the,
my oldest of my two nephews.

He's a student at Xavier
and a budding photographer.

- Nice.
- Good to meet you, man. Welcome.

[DOMINIC] thank you,
it's good to be here.

- Yes, of course.
- Hey!

Hey! [GRUNTS] oh, my god.

[LAUGHING] you've gotten so big,
I can barely lift you anymore.

Dominic, this is my other nephew,
the brilliant Blue Borderlon.

This is for you.

Hi. Here is your clothespin.

So, this is a standard baby shower game.

So, you wear this clothespin.

And, when you do,
you cannot cross your arms or your legs.

If you do, someone can take
this clothespin right off you.

And whoever has the most
clothespins at the end of the game wins.

I assume you're really good at this.

Hey everybody. Hey. Hi.

Uh, this is Dominic. Make him
feel at home.

- Hello.
- Hey.

- Welcome.
- Thank you.

Well, welcome, baby.

- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

- What up, big brah.
- Robin, nice to meet you.

Hey, congratulations.

- Nice to meet you, brother.
- I'll get you a couple glasses of wine.

Oh, thank you.

- Uh, hello handsome.
- Yes, isn't he.

Yeah, he is.

I know I've, uh,
been out of town for a while, but

how'd I miss this news?

It's not quite news yet.

Do you want it to be?

I think I do.

[NOVA] but we'll see.

Taking things slow.

- For a change.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

alright. Good afternoon,
family, friends.

We, uh, just wanna thank you
for being here today.

A big thank you to Charley and Micah

for hosting us. [LAUGHS]

I, uh, I cannot express

what it means to us

to share this beautiful space
with you today.

[DARLA] I look at each
and every one of you.

My heart bursts

with memories [SIGHS SOFTLY]
of your support of us.

Mr. Prosper.

You have been my link to Mr. Ernest.

Teaching me all about him through
your remembrances and stories.

Nova.

You helped us through schooling

and community engagement,

keeping him tuned in to our
history and legacy as a people.

[DARLA] Charley.

You have been a champion for me

and an inspiration to me

in so many ways.

It's difficult to say how much.

But just know that.

[DARLA] Vi.

Not only

did you raise Blue

when we couldn't,

but you were there for me,

more recently,

in ways that pulled me back
from the edge

so that I can stand here now.

[DARLA SIGHS SOFTLY]

And Hollywood.

[VOICE SHAKING] Hollywood.

Most people

probably don't know

how I feel about you.

How you single-handedly

tracked me down

and saved me from myself

in my darkest hour.

[WHISPERS] Thank you forever.

[DARLA SNIFFLES]

I love you all.

[LAUGHS SHEEPISHLY]

- We love you all.
- That's right.

And we thank you

[INHALES]

For this day

and for all of the days.

[ALL APPLAUDING]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

Whose that, Mr. Blue?

- That is my teacher Miss Finley.
- Mm-hm.

She is so cool.

She reminds me of Aunt Vi.

That's nice.

It sounds like you havin'
the time of your life here in do, Blue.

I am.

I love all the new people I'm
meeting and everything I'm learning.

We'd love to see it.

Excuse me, Mr. Benny.

Hi, Mr. Prosper.

I'm sorry. [LAUGHS SHEEPISHLY]

But you just crossed your legs.

[ALL LAUGHING]

So, I'm gonna have to take
that clothespin from you.

[CLEARS THROAT] Let me slide?

I'm afraid not.

Rules are rules.

Clothespin.

Thank you.

Don't be a poor loser, Prosper.

You just hang on to that, okay?

[ALL CHUCKLING]

[BILLIE] you went by what?
Ten, twelve times?

- More like .
- [BILLIE LAUGHS]

- we were wild.
- [BILLIE LAUGHS]

- sounds like it.
- [BOTH WOMEN LAUGH]

I'm really glad, uh,
that you're back here.

Back in St. Joe,
even if for a little while.

Yeah, well, uh, a little while
might end up being a little longer.

Daddy wants me to move back.

Things are a little
complicated back home.

Just trying to figure things out.

Why can't things be simple?
Like when we were young.

Ooh, young, dumb,
couldn't tell us nothin'.

[BOTH WOMEN LAUGH]

You remember all that stuff
we did out in the farm?

I kissed a boy for the first time.

- We had our first drink.
- [GROANS]

that's what I'm talkin' about.
This is news I can use.

- We got so drunk.
- [LAUGHS] we threw up.

- I remember.
- [BILLIE LAUGHS]

I think to this day it's
why I don't like gin.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Yeah, if this farmland could talk.

It can.

You just have to speak its language.

[NOVA] and you speak it.

It will come back to you.

Thank you, Nova.

- So glad you came today.
- I am, too.

[BILLIE LAUGHS]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

What are you ladies doing
out here? The party's inside.

Ol' Darla was just, uh,

explaining her current
sleeping arrangements.

The floor.

The what? [LAUGHS]

So, I have finally convinced Ralphie
and Joe

to sleep on the floor with me.

I mean, it's, it's the only way I
can get comfortable these days.

- I have so been there.
- Really?

Oh, yeah. My third trimester
there was this certain chair.

That was the only thing
that I could sleep in.

Oh, my, okay, fantastic.
I mean, it's like no one understands it.

- [CHARLEY] Yeah.
- But only the moms get it.

[CHARLEY CHUCKLES] Totally.

[CHARLEY LAUGHS]

[EXHALES]

Not, not just the moms.

Oh, it's okay baby. [LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

I'll tell you what.
I am gonna go back inside

and let you two discuss
all that good stuff.

[PROSPER] what you did,
you mislead people.

- No.
- Yes, you did.

- I told...
- Yes, you did, yes, you did!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[ALL LAUGHING]

- You cheated.
- I did not.

[HOLLYWOOD] Your shoe strings
were crossed, all right?

[BLUE] That doesn't mean a thing.
I said arms, legs.

[HOLLYWOOD] And shoe strings and eyes.

- [BLUE] wait.
- [ALL LAUGHING]

[BLUE] Shoe string!

There you are. You just left.

I didn't think anybody would notice.

- How are you?
- I'm good.

Come on. Talk to me. It's just us.

Whassup?

I don't really know how
to put it into words

because I haven't really
fully-formed it in my head. You know?

Just...

I don't know. I'm confused.

I had a relationship with a friend

and... I don't know what to do.

Maybe an objective ear can help.

I... [LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

I have a friend at school

who is probably the
best friend I've ever had.

Just, like, what you would think of when
you thin of a best friend.

You know?

What we want in a friendship.

Camaraderie. It's the trust.

The laughs.

We learn from each other.
It's really cool.

But...

Something has come up in the
friendship that's been unexpected.

It's intimacy.

You know, not like sex or romance.
Just intimacy of emotion.

I wanna tell him everything.
I... [STAMMERS AND LAUGHS]

Wanna hang with him all the time.

I just feel genuinely connected to him.

You know? And [EXHALES] some
people have noticed that, and...

I let that change
the relationship. Because...

Because you wonder
what the intimacy means.

Yeah. Like...

Straight up: Am I gay? Am I fluid?

These are all
new thoughts for me. [EXHALES]

I hear you.
It's a confusing time for you. But...

[INHALES] you don't have to
let it be a distressing time.

As in, you don't have to pin this down

or define yourself forever
right now. Or any time soon.

Or maybe you're putting too much
stress on the question right now.

Maybe think of this time

as not a question at all.
Maybe think of this time

- as a discovery.
- Mmm. Discovery.

Just continue following your feelings.
Don't lead your feelings.

Let your feelings lead you.
See where they take you. Don't stress.

Don't plan. Don't anticipate.

I find that that kind of
clutter in your mind produces

- false results, you know?
- Yeah. I'm forcing it...

- Yes.
- [MUTTERS] forcing it.

I mean, listen.
The story of you is new each day.

Unfolding each day for all of us.

There's a problem with this whole world.
This whole construct.

Half the time, we're trying to fit
into a definition

we've given ourselves

or that others have given us.

I love what you said. That, like...

You know, follow my feelings.
Don't let them follow me.

Yeah.

Thank you.

I got you, kid.

Always.

- I love you.
- I love you.

See, black people.
We always been resourceful.

And what they do? They take it.
Diamonds. Oil. Land. Life.

That's 'cause we got
something they want.

Always.

We have something they don't ever have.

You know they hate our spirit.
Our strength. Our Joy...

Sure enough, yes they do.

[RALPH ANGEL] that's
'cause they ain't got it.

They try so hard to make us
think that we less than. But we not.

I mean, your ways of thinking.

You know,
lay the groundwork. Tell them the idea.

So, idea's for a co-op.
We stronger together than we are alone.

But, basically, a co-op mean
we pool our settlement money

instead of us each having our own little
potatoes,

paying off this and that.

We move past that. One farm.
One crop idea. We think bigger.

[RALPH ANGEL] individually,

we might be
able to get through, what, one harvest?

- [CARDALE] Yeah.
- [RALPH ANGEL] Maybe two?

But if we put our money together,
maybe we could get us some control.

And some power.
The whole goal is to buy up more land

- so we stop living hand to mouth.
- Wow.

That's kind of incredible.

See,
I told you none of us have given up.

Ralph Angel presented the
idea to my father couple days ago,

and then dad looped me in.

I did some research with my firm back
in Chicago.

Both with your settlement
as a community,

and with the
biden-booker black farmers' rescue plan,

- you all could really make this work.
- Tell what the plan says.

Any land that should come up for sale in
farming communities

has a first option, for black farmers.

Meaning, if anything
should come up for sale in St. Joe,

each of you would have the first
right to purchase.

So you know that outlet mall that
Parker and them was trying to buy?

It fell through during quarantine.
Whole thing just sitting there.

- [BENNY] That's good land over there.
- [CARDALE] Mmm-hmm.

It surely is.

Yeah.
Now I mean, we can't do this alone.

But Ralph's idea,
we can do this together.

- Yeah.
- [PROSPER] You know?

[SCOFFS] Wasn't my idea, Mr. Prosper.

Something to think about.

Can we think about this later?
Because we've got a cake to eat,

and I have more clothespins to grab.
So let's go.

[ALL LAUGHING]

- [PROSPER LAUGHS] Okay.
- [CHARLEY] Okay.

[CARDALE] That's your boy.

[RALPH ANGEL] That's a nice
little haul, huh?

[DARLA] Everything is so beautiful.

- I'll take these to the car.
- Okay.

I'll be right back.

- [RALPH ANGEL] That big old bear.
- [BLUE SCOFFS]

[RALPH ANGEL] Bigger than you.

[BLUE] I don't know
about bigger than me.

[RALPH ANGEL CHUCKLES]

You know you can feel free to just
leave your gifts in the garage here.

I mean, I know you're packing and...

Isn't all this new stuff just
gonna give you more to do?

Yes, but, uh.

I kind of like to take everything
out and just see it, you know.

We're doing the best we can,

but, sometimes,
it's nice to reduce and declutter,

and... Honestly, with the space we got,
we really don't have a choice.

So...

- We don't want to meddle.
- We really don't.

I'm not trying to get in you all's
business anymore.

[CHUCKLES] you know?

That's why I haven't said
anything until now. I'm trying hard

to turn over a new leaf
with Ralph Angel.

You all are grown, and I respect
your choices as adults and parents.

- I support you.
- Absolutely. We both do.

And that is why
we just wanna offer some help.

I got a extra room. Now, you know that.

And Blue is on his way back to school.

That room is large enough and
lovely enough

for the two of you, and the baby.

I can keep you in
homecooked meals, help you with the baby

if you need it. That way, you don't
have to pay no rent.

You can save up.

- Make a real plan.
- It's a terrific option for you.

And I'm gonna add another one.

I'm gonna be gone over the next
year quite a bit for my campaign.

You can stay here. Micah's gonna
be back at the dorms. [LAUGHS]

This place is gonna be sitting
empty, basically.

Whatever you decide, we just want
you to know that we're here for you.

You're not alone. Okay?

It's just... thank you.

[CHUCKLES] we love you.

We do.

- [VIOLET CHUCKLING]
- [LAUGHS]

- [VIOLET] Mmm.
- [CHARLEY LAUGHS]

- Ahem.
- Thank you.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

[GIGGLING]

I can't believe your students
turned this around so fast today.

Yeah. This is what we do.

We have special
access to the collections

at both Xavier and Tulane's libraries,

so once they knew
what we were looking for,

they zeroed in on what we needed.

Okay.

What we got?

More evidence came in.

The bones match markers
similar to the remains

at the Thibodaux, Louisiana m*ssacre.

In ?

Yeah. That's right. You know about it.

I remember reading about the history

of local black farmers
trying to join the union,

when I was researching my book.

They were m*rder*d and massacred.

By angry white farm owners.

As always.

But, Thibodaux is miles from St. Joe.

Yes. Yes. Except,

multiple m*ssacre has resulted in
unmarked burials in multiple regions.

So, it's not unlikely that
lesser-developed land was designated...

- As a mass grave.
- Exactly.

[KEYBOARD CLACKING]

That cemetery you mentioned,

when we were on our road-trip
to sweet orchard?

It's in the process of being
registered as a historical site.

Can we do something
like that with our land?

Yeah, possibly.

The Landry's have always
wanted our land.

They wanted to put a highway through it.

Put a prison.

But, they can't dig up these
freedom fighters and my mother,

to build some condos,
or an outlet mall, or whatever

twisted bullshit they're into.

This is sacred land.

It always was.

But, even more so now.

We'll need to track down a
contemporaneous record of the m*ssacre.

Like, something official
that ties it to the land.

And we should also look
into the local laws

for registering a landmark in St. Joe.

Because, if we can prove
historical artifacts,

then there's a chance it could be
designated as land

that can't be built on.

Land that can't be taken.

[RALPH SIGHS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

What's up?

[UPLIFTING MUSIC PLAYING]

He asleep yet?

[RALPH LAUGHS] He said
he missed his favorite bed.

Because it always does the trick.

He actually said that?

The things this boy be saying sometimes.

Sometimes? All the time.

You know, it's hard not
having it all figured out.

We don't need to.

The answers will come.

You and me together,

we'll find a way.

And when we do,

it's gonna be no stopping us.

Charley offered us her place to stay.

Aunt Vi did too.

Really?

Wow.

[RALPH EXHALES]

I was wondering,
but they never said nothing.

I just figured us,
plus a baby, was too much.

Hmm. They were lovely

and generous.

Charley said she's gonna be on the road

and with Micah gone,

we'll have the
entire place to ourselves, basically.

So, what do you think?

We could save our money.

Vi offered us her extra bedroom.

I mean, if you're open to it,

I think it would be kind of
amazing to have her around.

I'd like as much love,
surrounding this baby, as possible.

I wasn't really properly there
for Blue when he was an infant.

I would love to have
the help, the guidance.

Guiding hands.

["GOOD" PLAYING]

♪ 'Cause you light my world ♪

I just hope the ancestors intervene.

Like my mom used to say,

"They protect this land
like they always have."

But, do I have to leave,
for a little bit,

I just wanna be where you are.

As long as we together, I'm home.

♪ You're the only one ♪

♪ the only one I love ♪

♪ no good with no one else ♪

♪ I'm only good when I'm with you ♪

♪ you're the only one ♪

♪ you're the only one ♪